Monday, July 31st, 2023
Contact: Ashley Cham, info@westchesterjustice.org
[New Rochelle, New York] -- Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 1 at 6:30pm, The Energy Justice Alliance is hosting its upcoming community event: a Town of New Rochelle Conversation on a Just Transition at the Bethesda Baptist Church on Lincoln Avenue in New Rochelle, NY. This is an in-person event.
The event will explore how to ensure that the transition to clean energy is equitable and benefits all members of our community, especially historically marginalized BIPOC and low income communities. The event will feature Shane Osinloye, founder of the Urban Legacy Foundation, and is being co-sponsored by Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, Green Westchester, The Urban Legacy Foundation, New Rochelle Against Racism, Singularity, The Coalition for Understanding Racism through Education, New Rochelle NAACP, Soulful Synergy, Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle, United Nations Association of Westchester, Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions among others.
Food will be provided by SuggarPlums.
Raya Salter, Co-Founder of the Hudson Valley Energy Justice Alliance: “EJA is thrilled to be in our home town, New Rochelle, for this critical conversation on a just transition.”
Paul Presendieu, Co-Founder of the Hudson Valley Energy Justice Alliance: “I am honored to be supporting this invaluable dialogue in energy justice, through an intentional plan of engaging BIPOC members of our community. Since my commenced engagement in 2018, I have witnessed a lack of racial diversity in events related to environmental justice and sustainability, while the most impacted communities are predominately represented by people of color. Dialogues like this will enable us to support the equitable dissemination of ideas through a moral compass that empowers communities and residents that have been systematically been unaware of available resources.”
Shane Osinloye, Urban Legacy Foundation: “The same industrialists who polluted our global communities and made us vulnerable to climate change cannot be the same entities that profit off of the solutions. This is the “justice” in the environmental justice and economic justice we advocate for. We have an opportunity to build an economy that empowers vulnerable populations, finally. Let’s help more people create a livelihood by being the solution to their community’s environmental challenges.”
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The Energy Justice Alliance is a a multi-county BIPOC-led and growing coalition of community stakeholders throughout the Hudson Valley and the state of New York, connecting residents in Albany and Troy to Mount Vernon and Yonkers. We work to ensure a community-based equitable dialogue and economic participation during unprecedented times for environmental remediation and climate justice. The Energy Justice Alliance of the Hudson Valley is a coalition convened by the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center.
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Raya Salter
914-826-6469
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